Sideshow Luiz

Tottenham are going to get bumped down. We'll see what happens with Man Utd,. And we are destined to play Napoli, destined. Europa league is going to be interesting.

SU-per, su-per Ross. SU-per, su-per Ross..... JK

Shit, forgot about Drinkwater. Bakayoko is infamously unforgettable.

Yeah. He really got the best out of him.

Not even. I'm not a "he needs to leave" kind of a guy. Except for him. His continued presence angers me.

And the papers were using the term "star' in the clickbait headlines.

That was actually a position that he rotated a bit. Zeilinski would play in that role, same with Marco Rog. In matches agsint Utd, Spurs, City, etc, I think Kante is an automatic starter. When we have to break down teams like West Ham, etc, I think he can be rotated for a more attacking player like Barkley or RLC. Now, I understand that this makes Kante a very over qualified rotation option and getting 100M odd is good business (Damn, why does he have to be so likeable?).

This match needs a pick me up. Ianni on for Kepa, please Note: I think he was 100% wrong and Jose did a good job of saying that there is no story here, when reporters were asking. Now that that's said, I just think the picture is really funny.

Yes, he's back to being the winger we never wanted. Conte needs to get a job soon so we can sell him.

Straight swap for Dybala. However, I'm the kind of person who wants to keep players that I like regardless. Don't get me wrong, he's worth 100-odd M, but not to us in the way we are playing (it would seem). For me, the jury is still out on his effectiveness in this role. We still have the same balance other 3 midfielder systems have. Ball winner, and 2 playmakers, one more attacking than the other. It's just a little lopsided because it suits us more in an attacking sense, and we're planning on having 60-70% of the ball. If Kante got forward more, it would also mean that he should be winning the ball higher up the pitch. If Allan can do it, I don't see why Kante can't do it better.

If I recall, that's where he played last year when he actually got some minutes. I have to admit, I'm really squeamish about playing CMs or attacking midfielders out wide. It's the Mata effect.

Yeah, Barkley needs to come on for him soon.

Moses......Nooooooooooooo depressing. And for Willian too, that means Willian starting on Sunday. Edit: Okay, too rash - CHO on now, minutes later.

I know you want to see Barkley as RW, But I don't know if I see it, myself.

Get in, RLC. Make yourself too valuable to keep in the reserves.

I'm not sure i'm ready for that yet. Azpi hasn't been great, but...well.....Zappacosta

See, I'd rather he came off and reduced injury possibility or fatigue. i want to see Pedro start this weekend.

Pedro off, Willian over to the right, CHO on. Whichever one comes off is the likely starter this weekend.

Pedro off, CHO on, please.

I always go here: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccerstreams/

If Bakayoko can start against Betis, please let's see RLC and CHO (assuming healthy).

I'd say that Kante need to get forward more, at least a bit.

xG plot: And pass map: From this article: https://betweentheposts.net/chelsea-manchester-united-2-2-tactical-analysis-sarri-mourinho/

Spurs have played Utd and Liverpool I remembered the Utd match, but I didn't remember them playing Liverpool. my bad.

Yup. Out of the other 5 teams vying for the top 4, we've played 3 of them. Liverpool have only played 2, Arsenal 2, Spuds 1, Man Utd 2